Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Richardson

Citations

• 104 Miss. 575
• 61 So. 649

Syllabus

<p>Witnesses. Compensation. Subpoena. necessity. Code 1906, sections 3948-3952'.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, section 3948 providing that the first process in all cases “to compel the attendance of a witness, shall be a subpoena,” and under section 3952 providing that a subpoena shall “be served personally,” a witness cannot be charged to a party who did not procure his attendance, unless the records of the court show the witness has been subpoenaed, even though such witness was sworn and testified at the trial.</p>